Brianna S. Warne – Temple Update

Gay Rights Icon, Alumna Edie Windsor Returns to Temple

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:31:21 +0000

The Beatles once sang, “All You Need Is Love.” For Edith Windsor, love was plenty to conquer injustice. Ms. Windsor, a Temple College of Liberal Arts alumna, was honored during the 2014 Alumni weekend for her role in the Supreme Court case officially ending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Leonard Mellman Endowed Fund for Visiting Scholars held a screening of a documentary chronicling…

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Miss SOCA Pageant Provides “Island Heat”

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:00:48 +0000

The weather isn’t the only thing warming up the weekend. The ladies of the 2014 Miss SOCA Caribbean Pageant have brought their native island heat to the colorful competition. Ke’Chali, a word not often heard around campus is but one of those with powerful meaning at the ninth annual Miss SOCA Caribbean Queen Pageant. In accordance with the virtues of the Miss SOCA winner, Ke’Chali means earth…

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This Spring Brings a “Cherry On Experience”

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:00:30 +0000

As the weather warms up, Temple’s annual Spring Fling event gets the cold shoulder. The event was removed from Temple’s calendar this year after President Neil Theobold and other University figures discovered that students were using the event as an excuse to skip classes and party. Since then, the University has scheduled an alternate, more controlled, event to take its place. “I’m not that…

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Temple Dining Expands Options for Special Diets

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:00:28 +0000

March is National Nutrition Month around the nation and “foodies” all over are trying to serve up the very best. Temple University, in conjunction with Sodexo food services, is moving towards providing healthy and mindful choices at all dining locations that suit all diet plans—including vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free individuals. “I have Crohns [disease] and my diet has to [have] no meat…

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Immigrant Showcase Draws Diverse Crowd in Student Center

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:09:18 +0000

Temple students gathered in the Student Center Underground for the “Immigrant Showcase,” an interactive performance featuring immigrant and multicultural students studying at Temple University. The event helped foster diversity appreciation as well as collect school supplies for children in Trinidad. Featuring singers, musicians, dancers and storytellers, the Showcase had no shortage of…

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